The Orion crew module that was used for the Orion Launch Abort System Pad Abort-1 flight test was positioned for loading onto an Mississippi Air National Guard C-17.
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The Orion crew module that was used for the Orion Launch Abort System Pad Abort-1 flight test was positioned for loading onto an Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Aug. 18, 2009 for airlift to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The first of five planned launch abort flight tests in NASA’s Constellation program, Pad Abort 1 was scheduled for early 2010 from the new launch pad at White Sands.August 18, 2009
NASA Photo / Tony Landis